SG5S. Misbranding- of cottonseed cake. V. S. * * * ~r. New Roads Oil?
Mill & Mfg. Co., a Corporation.     Plea of guilty.     Fine, $10.     (P. & D.
No. 12358.     I.  S. No. 12050-r.)
On or about August 30, 1920, the United States attorney for the Eastern Dis??
trict of Louisiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed?
in the District Court of the United States for said district an information?
against the New Roads Oil Mill & Mfg. Co., a corporation, New Roads, La.,?
alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act,?
on or about February 24, 1919, from the State of Louisiana into the State of?
Kansas, of a quantity of cottonseed cake which was misbranded. The article?
was labeled in part, " Chic-Homa Quality Cotton Seed Meal or Cake."
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this de??
partment showed that it contained 38.58 per cent of protein.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason that?
the statement, to wit, " Guaranteed Analysis Protein, Not less than 41?," borne?
on the tags attached to the sacks containing the article, regarding the article?
and the ingredients and substances contained therein, was false and misleading?
in that it represented that said article contained not less than 41 per cent of pro??
tein, and for the further reason that it was' labeled as aforesaid so as to de??
ceive and mislead the purchaser into the belief that the article contained not?
less than 41 per cent of protein, whereas, in truth and in fact, it contained less?
than 41 per cent of protein.
On August 30, 1920, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on behalf?
of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $10.
E. D. BALL, A,ding Secretary of Agriculture.